Show 0 WHAT POWER development MEANS TO THE WEST the greatest steps of natural de development elopement in our country will be electrification of transcontinental and local railroads west of the rocky mountain mountains and introduction ot electrical smelters increased inci eased efficiency in transportation and improved impi oved train service would mould mean reduction ot of cost ot of moving clops and raw ram materials and electric smelters mean a gi cater eater ba having v in 0 of pro pre cious metals after the european war mar mining and smelting operations eions are going to be carried on smaller margins and elec erectile tile smelt eis cis die aie proving possibilities of metal production pio not dreamed of A the heads of four great transcontinental mil railroads roads recent ly took a trial trip over the chicago milwaukee Mil st pau paul mountain divisions in montana t and re realized what pow ei means in railroad lail itil road problems they found trains moi ed ov ON cr or heavy grades w m ith w m onder ful ease case entire absence of smoke dust gas in tunnels jt aking of trains at starting or stopping and speed and power increase ed 50 5 ia per cent there is abundant hedio electric power in some cases al 1 cady developed eloped md ind ready to be turned on and mountain streams running to waste it is not while brailio ids burn oil and coal bifia 1 1 k Is there anything more logical 0 foi fol development lei clop ment of the west and unlocking ZD its mineral wealth and conserving conse iving ing its oil and co il th in e eaily ii ay and i abid utilization of its electric pow pom er cr it m mean the expenditure of tens of millions of dol lars if electrification of and interstate railroads and could be put over in the next nevi five years vears it would mean the greatest grei test expansion eap exp of elec tucal indus try in that thit period and electricity w m come into its own and the west would get hundreds hund of electrical smelters like those of great falls and ind I 1 heibult |